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August Wilson Theatre

August Wilson Theatre
Photo: Photo: Andreas Praefcke; cropped by Beyond My Ken ( talk ), CC BY 3.0 (licence)

The August Wilson Theatre is a Broadway theater at 245 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1925, the theater was designed by C. Howard Crane and Kenneth Franzheim and was built for the Theatre Guild. It is named for Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson (1945–2005). The August Wilson has approximately 1,225 seats across two levels and is operated by ATG Entertainment.

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  • Built 1927
Address
245 West 52nd Street

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